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I’ve recently had a problem with my computer that was quite annoying. About 30 seconds after loging in I was getting a “Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem” error. I had 2 options, send the error message or not. Whichever option I chose the machine would immediately stop working. I couldn’t even shutdown. I had to hit the reset button.

After working out that by ignoring the message all together I could keep working, I set about trying to find out what was going on. A bit of judicious googling lead me to look into the Event log. I found a slightly more helpful error message there regarding the file hlcap.dll and turned back to google. A little more googling got me to this page on the DevX.com Forums which pointed at HTTPLook as the culprit.

The problem that was described was not entirely the same, but the symptoms were very close. The suggested solution was uninstalling HTTPLook. I had only used it briefly while trying to debug a utility tool that I was writing and had not used it in months. I thought it was rather strange that it had suddenly started causing an error but I removed it and rebooted.

Thankfully removing HTTPLook fixed the problem and returned my computer to a fully functioning state.

I have a LGA775 P4 in my main computer. I bought it just as the LGA775 processors were coming onto the market. Foolish, I know but I was hoping to have a computer that would at least last a while before becoming too weak. Let me say this, the stock cooling that came with it is CRAP. It is so noisy that I can hardly hear myself think. I’ve put up with it for far too long, and with summer coming up I know it is only going to get worse.

I’ve decided to purchase a new after market cooler and have spent some time looking into the different options. I was starting to lean towards the Hyper 48 from Cooler Master until someone pointed out the Freezer 7 from Arctic Cooling.

I was confident that both would be suitable for my needs, but at nearly twice the price and close to twice the weight as well I chose the Freezer 7. I’ve just placed my order with CoolPC and will probably post some form of review after I have installed the beast.